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[Jean-Peer Lorenz <638188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

What I see here, is maybe a feature request. The error message (or
choices) that are shown when opening the configuration while the
destination is unavailable could be improved. A problem might arise when
starting the configuration gui just for running a backup and not for
modifying settings.

When running a backup (scheduled or manual), it is checked for the
presence of your custom backup destination and used. If the external
disk (or whatever is specified) is not found, a message box appears
which states: "Destination not found. Please make sure the path exists
(e.g. by mounting external disk). You can retry or cancel...". You can
now plug in your external disk and proceed or the backup is canceled
after 300 sec if you do nothing. I think this is what you expect, isn't
it?

Slightly different when opening the configuration. If you open the
configuration again, without the external drive being present, another
error message is showed: "Destination path not found. It is set to the
default value. Check the value before you save your configuration." That
is, the destination value is not saved to disk/modified on disk unless
you save your configuration again. Closing the configuration without
saving will result in no modification of your previous
configuration/specified destination. Purpose of this behavior is not to
support a non-existing destination path when modifying the
configuration. The user is forced to set the destination to an existing
path when he/she sets up a backup.

** Affects: sbackup
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: Confirmed

** Description changed:

+ What I see here, is maybe a feature request. The error message (or
+ choices) that are shown when opening the configuration while the
+ destination is unavailable could be improved. A problem might arise when
+ starting the configuration gui just for running a backup and not for
+ modifying settings.
+ 
  When running a backup (scheduled or manual), it is checked for the
  presence of your custom backup destination and used. If the external
  disk (or whatever is specified) is not found, a message box appears
  which states: "Destination not found. Please make sure the path exists
  (e.g. by mounting external disk). You can retry or cancel...". You can
  now plug in your external disk and proceed or the backup is canceled
  after 300 sec if you do nothing. I think this is what you expect, isn't
  it?
  
  Slightly different when opening the configuration. If you open the
  configuration again, without the external drive being present, another
  error message is showed: "Destination path not found. It is set to the
  default value. Check the value before you save your configuration." That
  is, the destination value is not saved to disk/modified on disk unless
  you save your configuration again. Closing the configuration without
  saving will result in no modification of your previous
  configuration/specified destination. Purpose of this behavior is not to
  support a non-existing destination path when modifying the
  configuration. The user is forced to set the destination to an existing
  path when he/she sets up a backup.
- 
- Does it work for you in this way?
- 
- What I see here, is maybe a feature request. The error message (or
- choices) that are shown when opening the configuration while the
- destination is unavailable could be improved. A problem might arise when
- starting the configuration gui just for running a backup and not for
- modifying settings.

** Changed in: sbackup
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

** Changed in: sbackup
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Inconsistent behavior (error message or choices) when opening config gui while destination is unavailable
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/638188
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